4/1/2004:
Over 600 members of the US armed forces have died as a result of the
invasion of Iraq with deaths effecting families in every US state.
The Pentagon now says that in the first year of war in Iraq, the military made over 18,000 medical evacuations - representing 11,700 casualties.
But even this number could be low since the military is increasingly outsourcing jobs and using private contractors as
mercenaries.
The exact number of Iraqis who have died as a result of the US occupation is not known, but Iraqi Body Count has documented 7,350 deaths which resulted directly
from coalition military actions just "during the "major-combat" phase prior to May 1st 2003".